I've done a lot of complex edits and also used sed a lot in the past, but this is something that I can't quite figure out how to do. I know how to use beginning and end of line (^$), and wildcards (.*$), and even throwing in CRs, but this is columnar. I have the following lines:
!********************************************************************************
! *
! Processing Overview: *
! *
! begin-setup *
! begin-heading *
! begin-footing *
! begin-report *
! Strd-begin-Program *
! STRD-Print-Lis *
! Prompt-Parameters *
! Feedback-Value-Update *
I need to move the asterisk to column 81 on all lines for uniformity and readability. Anyone know how to do that? TIA, David
One option would be something like
%norm $x80|p
Breakdown
% operate on the entire buffer
norm following normal command
$ go to end of the line
x delete the character
80| goto column 80
p paste
Note that virtual edit needs to be set. I have following entry in my _vimrc
set ve=all